On my way home from work yesterday I ended up getting a flat. I was right in the middle of changing lanes on the freeway when I heard the distinct "pop" and I was ahhhh you gotta be kidding me, but I hoped for the best. About a mile or so longer I could feel the backside of the truck start sagging down ever so slowely and get squishy. Crap, so I safely got off the freeway and yup, and had total flat tire as can be, but luckley the rim was pefectly A-OK. A bi and I mean KNARLY staple was protuding through it. Called AAA as I am not comfortable using the tiny little jacks that come with standard with vehicles to have them help me swap on the spare and I was good to go.

I took the tire in today to get it patched up but they said it's not repairable. What sucks is that these tires had/have quite a bit of life left in them, 75-80%, and they are a nice tire too, Geolander A/T-S's. My plan was to put them all up for sale very soon to offset the cost a little to buy a new set of larger tires once I got the lift installed. Now I only got a good set of three and who's gonna wanna by three??

17in fj cruiser wheels
satoshi grille with devil horns emblem
Single in double out 50 series flowmaster with stainless tips
Kenwod ddx512 double din touch screen DVD reciver with a single Rockford fosgate 12 in sub with an alpine amp tinted tail and third break light silverstar head and fog lights
k&n drop in Billy 5100's on all 4 corners with a 2"AAL

That definitely sucks! It's also why I spring for a tire protection plan when I buy new tires. I'm sure all aren't created equal, but the ones I have (on all three vehicles in the family) include "free" balance/rotation for the life of the tires and pro-rated road hazard replacement, all for less than $100. I don't think twice about having my tires balance/rotated about every 5K miles, and the plans more than pay for themselves if you end up replacing a single tire.

While it doesn't "solve" your desire upgrade, it saves you from buying a new tire, only to sell it at a discount...

I always get the road hazard protections plan when I buy tires. Question, why didn't you pull over right away when you heard the pop coming from the tire, that might have saved the tire. I personally always carry a jack I am comfortable to change a tire, I have AAA, but it is not worth the wait most of the time, when I can change the tire in about 10 - 15 minutes.

tint, dents, scratches, two blown speakers and trying to pay her off...

damn how bad was it? what actually got it? i got a nail my left front last week, got it plugged. buy the end of the week it was sagging and leaking out the spot where he plugged it so i took it in and they patched it for me, no problems now. . . . obviously i know all tires are different but i'd like to see/know what did that much damage.